Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago

Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago
Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago
Metropolitan Correctional Center.jpg
Location Downtown Chicago, Illinois,
Status Operational
Security class Metropolitan Correctional Center
Opened 1975
Managed by Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago (MCC Chicago) is a federal remand center in the United States, located in downtown Chicago, Illinois, at the intersection of Clark and Van Buren Streets. It has a triangular footprint, and has an exercise yard for the prisoners on its roof. The architect Harry Weese of Chicago designed the facility which was built in 1975.

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Description

MCC Chicago is an administrative facility designed to house Federal prisoners of all security levels, including both male and female offenders appearing before Federal courts in the Northern District of Illinois.

Prison life

Aerial view

Access to the roofdeck is limited to at most twice a week for 2 hours at a time. There is also access to the gym once or twice a week.

There is a library that houses movies as well as books that prisoners can utilize twice a week.

Notable inmates

References

  1. ^ Burrough, Bryan (November 2009). "Marc Dreier's Crime of Destiny". Vanity Fair. http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2009/11/marc-dreier200911. Retrieved 14 October 2009. 

Further reading

External links

Portal icon Chicago portal
Portal icon Illinois portal
Portal icon Government of the United States portal
Portal icon Criminal justice portal

Coordinates: 41°52′36″N 87°37′50″W / 41.87667°N 87.63056°W / 41.87667; -87.63056


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